Sadly, hand cannons tend to make some people extra cocky. If you carry one long enough you tend to figure out that its not there making you feel bigger than you are, its there to remind you that your involved in something that having a gun was a good idea. Then you start thinking about where you life choices went wrong and you hopefully get the fark out of that life. I have known pleanty of idiots who thought having a couple guns strapped to them meant they were the king of the block.

Also IMHO if you have a CCL and you have a habit of telling random people that you have a CCL for no discernible reason, then you probably shouldn't have a CCL.

orclover:Sadly, hand cannons tend to make some people extra cocky. If you carry one long enough you tend to figure out that its not there making you feel bigger than you are, its there to remind you that your involved in something that having a gun was a good idea. Then you start thinking about where you life choices went wrong and you hopefully get the fark out of that life. I have known pleanty of idiots who thought having a couple guns strapped to them meant they were the king of the block.

Since this is an anonymous forum, I feel that I can say that I have a CHL without appearing to be going for tough guy points.

Funny enough, carrying has had the exact opposite effect on me. I was never a hugely confrontational guy to begin with, but I've become extraordinarily passive and excessively polite when I'm out and about, ever since I started carrying.

Outside of my military service and my time as a paramedic, I've never been in a fight or direct violent confrontation in my life. I don't plan on that ever happening either. Having said that, I am *extremely* conscious of the fact that I am carrying and that if someone were to start up with me (physically), my firearm would likely become involved. In that scenario, I want the timeline to be astoundingly clear that I was not the one to begin, to extend or to egg on the confrontation in any way.

dr-shotgun:Outside of my military service and my time as a paramedic, I've never been in a fight or direct violent confrontation in my life. I don't plan on that ever happening either. Having said that, I am *extremely* conscious of the fact that I am carrying and that if someone were to start up with me (physically), my firearm would likely become involved. In that scenario, I want the timeline to be astoundingly clear that I was not the one to begin, to extend or to egg on the confrontation in any way.

So "an armed society is a polite society" actually has something to it?

atomicmask:How did that gun get by the gun free zone bubble around wonderful liberal utopia NYC? That seems impossible.

Dear moron:

Although our gun-related death rate is lower than almost every other city in the country, with a total chance to be murdered per year equal to .005%, guns from jurisdictions that still enable straw purchases and gun shows do still sometimes make their way into the city. This is one of the side effects of allowing unfettered traffic of goods across state lines, which is why New York representatives and senators are supportive of anti-trafficking measures. On top of that, you can absolutely get a permit for a gun in New York City if you can show you're not likely to go shoot up a school. I know several people who own firearms, perfectly legally, and nobody cares and it wasn't a big hassle because they aren't criminals.

captainktainer:atomicmask: How did that gun get by the gun free zone bubble around wonderful liberal utopia NYC? That seems impossible.

Dear moron:

Although our gun-related death rate is lower than almost every other city in the country, with a total chance to be murdered per year equal to .005%, guns from jurisdictions that still enable straw purchases and gun shows do still sometimes make their way into the city. This is one of the side effects of allowing unfettered traffic of goods across state lines, which is why New York representatives and senators are supportive of anti-trafficking measures. On top of that, you can absolutely get a permit for a gun in New York City if you can show you're not likely to go shoot up a school. I know several people who own firearms, perfectly legally, and nobody cares and it wasn't a big hassle because they aren't criminals.

And it has the opposite effect on a lot of people. When the neighborhood I lived in was worse than it is now I had a CCW and carried sometimes. What I noticed was how it made me more likely to cross the street or avoid conflict. Any confrontation could turn into a deadly force encounter, so the stakes were much higher

Here'sJohnny:Before people start whining about guns not being allowed on the subway, keep in mind that it's, you know, a subway.

Ever hear the expression fish in a barrel?

Plus the whole thing's covered in signs telling you carrying a firearm is 7 years in prison.

Yea, it's the subway...

The scuzzy station with limited exits and poor sight lines, where criminals are more comfortable to commit their acts against people. Time them well enough and you can mug/rob someone and hop onto the train as the doors close!

Or the subway car. The place with zero sight lines, limited police presence and downgraded cellular service.

Yea, I can't imagine why a good citizen might possibly wish to carry the most reliable means of self defense and protection in that kind of environment....